Since the occupation of the Palestinian territory, the Israeli occupation authorities have implemented a policy of arbitrary administrative detention against Palestinians. Over all these years, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been held in administrative detention. Administrative detention allows the incarceration of Palestinians without charges or trial under the guise of the so-called 'secret file', which cannot be accessed by the detainee nor his lawyer. According to Israeli military orders, an administrative detention order can be renewed indefinitely, as an administrative detention order is issued for up to six-month renewable periods. Administrative detention affects all segments and categories of the Palestinian people, including university students, journalists, women, members of the Legislative Council, human rights activists, workers, lawyers, mothers, children, the elderly, and even the sick.